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Re: BlackBerry 8300 In Hand

Paisano® — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:13:49 -0000

I manage about 100 blackberry users on my BES and I like my 8700g but I am a Pocket PC man deep in my heart and still breakout my HP IPAQ every now and then to see what a real phone is supposed to be like. I miss being able to work on Pocket PC, Excel and more!

Why doesn't the blackberry support these apps? Why do you have to spend over $200 to get something like eOffice to do what every pocket pc has been doing for years!!!!

Pai

Re: BlackBerry 8300 In Hand

Paisano® — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:13:49 -0000

Why doesn't the blackberry support these apps? Why do you have to spend over $200 to get something like eOffice to do what every pocket pc has been doing for years!!!!

Pai

Re: BlackBerry 8300 In Hand

Paisano® — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:13:49 -0000

Why doesn't the blackberry support these apps? Why do you have to spend over $200 to get something like eOffice to do what every pocket pc has been doing for years!!!!

Pai

Re: BlackBerry 8300 In Hand

Paisano® — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:13:49 -0000

Why doesn't the blackberry support these apps? Why do you have to spend over $200 to get something like eOffice to do what every pocket pc has been doing for years!!!!

Pai

Re: Wishpot Launches Wish List Community

Paisano® — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:04:36 -0000

I wish there werent so many wishlist sites!
I've used a bunch... www,thethingsIneed.com was good but its interface is so 1990s...
www.wishlist.com is better....but not web 2.0ish.
I like www.wishpot.com but www.boxedup.com is looking better! www.wisheus.com looks good too.

Re: Insert+Your+3D+Avatar+Into+Movie+Clips.+All+The+Cool+Kids+Do%26nbsp%3BIt.

Paisano® — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:06:54 -0000

My kids love that gizmoz website. Another one they love is the mushygushy.com website which is like gizmoz merged with jibjab.

Re: Dear Jeff Bezos (one-week Kindle review)

Paisano® — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:44:54 -0000

I agree with everything Scoble has to say thus far about the Kindle's shortcomings. Sure, many readers will not miss the social networking features he mentioned but he is right that it should be there in these web 2.0 days. The ability to connect with other kindle users is a brilliant marketing and business tool! Robert is correct about the piles of money they are leaving on the table!
The UI is critical and it does appear to be flawed in many ways. Too bad Apple was not involved with its design. Steve Jobs would have come up with a much better book reader. (did I type that out loud? me, a windows lover? sheesh).
Keep the criticism coming, Robert! It will help them build a better product for all of us!!!
Thanks for the passion!

Pai

Re: Best Wishlist Websites

Paisano® — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:20:04 -0000

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Re: The Power of Comments

Paisano® — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:35:35 -0000

I am still wet behind the ears when it comes to being a blogger, but I've read blogs before they were even called blogs. I've also shared comments on website for many years so I also appreciated the opportunity to share my opinion on things.
Comments, as you well know, brings any blog alive and thus more "honest" and "authentic". What I mean by those terms is that the blogger's statements or theories are evaluated by others and thus either verified or rejected, providing different points of view, which only helps the reader and possibly even the author.
Commenting puts the social in the Social media and social networking.
I've always thought that blogs and wiki's should merge into a Bliki...allowing authors and readers to collaborate even more closely and effectively than either separate platforms.

Pai

Re: Twitter at Velocity

Paisano® — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:42:38 -0000

Chris,

Since you are too modest and humble to answer the question why people follow your tweets, I will do the honor.

I assume most people follow you because you provide mostly interesting and/or useful information. Point blank. It isn't just "brushing my teeth with my other hand as I type this" schlock! I just started following you last month and I look forward to a daily digital nugget from Chris every day.

Not blowing smoke or kissing tuccus...just being honest.

Pai

Re: Kwout, A Simple Quote Tool For Bloggers

Paisano® — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:10:48 -0000

Nice try but the non-indexing and image method blows.
The best social networking quotation site is still http://www.QuotationsBook.com
Check them out!
Scoble did a nice interview with its founder which was inspiring for the future of words/quotes on the web!

Pai

Re: Plaxo's For Sale

Paisano® — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:40:06 -0000

I've used Plaxo ever since they first launched and have always liked their service and performance. The Pulse feature was a stroke of genius as everyone and their mother is trying to be THE ultimate social networking aggregator! I've always thought Microsoft would buy them since Plaxo has always worked perfectly with Outlook. At the very least I thought M$ would steal..er..um...borrow the auto-sync functions.

Now that the news has leaked that Google is headed down the same path that Plaxo has travelled with their GMail address book and Google Profiles, Plaxo is smart to make this move at this time before their bubble bursts.

Personally, I would hate to lose Plaxo. It is one of my must-have services!
I am hoping Google can emulate their model or that whomever buys Plaxo continues what they started.

Paisano

Re: Be Effective in Meetings and Use Social Media Tools

Paisano® — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:15:50 -0000

Good information and topic. I would like to add my two cents though. It's been my experience that most of the corporate environments that I've been involved with are extremely resistant when it comes to using any "outside" website or service.
There is this fear and concern from the executive level about potential security breeches or loss of intellectual property because we would in essense be "sharing" our data with an external resource. No matter how much time we (IT) invest to calm these fears and try to assure them that web 2.0 is not the devil, they remain skeptical to new ideas and services.

So, I am left with trying to make magic with Microsoft SharePoint server 2007. Imagine the dwarf Rumpelstiltskin spinning straw into gold.

Well, believe it or not, there are some excellent social media-like tools and features available in SharePoint 2007 that can make meetings much more productive even long after the meetings.

There's a new feature called Meeting Workspace that allows anyone in SharePoint to create an instant portal for an scheduled meeting. There are several templates to choose from depending on the type of meeting you are conducting. The most popular is the Decision Meeting Workspace that includes sections to share links to documents related to the meeting, Tasks and assignments made in the meeting, and a spot to record any decisions made in the meeting, sort of like taking minutes.

If Microsoft continues to enhance the social media/networking features of SharePoint, then they can really go far with it. It has already become a cottage industry for specialists who do nothing else but SharePoint installation, design and customization. I installed the six month trial myself because I'm crazy that way. :)

Sidenote: Microsoft is clever because they are linking other services to SharePoint such as their Project Server which uses SharePoint (Both use SQL server, cough...mo' money, mo' money).

The future? Microsoft's OfficeLive Workspace (sound familiar?) http://workspace.officelive...
is nothing more than a web version of SharePoint's document library module. I can see them offering a full-blown www.MySharePoint.com social network somewhere down the road with web version of all office apps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint (RentAnApp) that we subscribe to on a monthly or annual basis.

Pai

Re: Have the Data Wars Begun

Paisano® — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:47:26 -0000

First impression: Possession is nine-tenths of the law. Actually, the discussion of data ownership has been popping up on utterz lately.
Some of us want to be able to download and save at least a copy of whatever content we share on services like utterz which includes audio and video clips along with photo's and text.
Obviously, we already have the media that we upload and share online, but not the audio recordings which is the point of contention for many who would like to be able to have that audio file for their podcasts or other reasons.
Yes, there are recorders that can capture any streaming media, but they can be expensive and perhaps too much trouble for the average user.
There should be a simple Save As...or Download button on any media we create for services. After all, we are the authors of the material. Shouldn't we at least have the option to save a copy of OUR data?

Pai

Re: Programming for the Masses- Social Computing

Paisano® — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:19:26 -0000

I agree. Just look at what we're doing with mashups alone on popfly, pipes and dapper.
We're building the apps and languages of tomorrow today. Every new programming language is a derivative of another existing langauge. It is just the natural evolution of technology to change and mutate into new forms that (hopefully) take us to the next level.

This is why I am excited about OpenSocial whereas many are skeptical of Google's intentions. I think it's a good thing to have an open standard platform for development on the web. It will only help innovation and development time.

Pai

Re: Social Networks Will Be Open: Google, Facebook, and Plaxo Join DataPortability

Paisano® — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:18:01 -0000

This only helps OpenSocial, folks. By joining the same DataPortability group, FaceBook has in essence surrendered. Now, that doesn't mean they won't continue to try to fight OpenSocial, but this is the beginning of the end of their dominance of social apps. Developers would be stupid to build apps just for the facebook platform when they can build apps on OpenSocial for ALL websites. I predict FaceBook will someday embrace OpenSocial.

Re: Challenges of Social Media Types in the Workplace

Paisano® — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:55:59 -0000

It's a difficult position to be when you are the Systems Administrator and you love social media and social networking!!! Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place because I am the gatekeeper and I love both sides of the gate!
However, I must strike a delicate and painful balance when it comes to blocking access to certain sites and services. The company's interest and bottom line MUST come first.
I do make every effort I can to downplay the misinformation that executives are fed which generates a hysterical fear of web 2.0. Yes, it can be a horriffic productivity killer in the enterprise. Studies have shown shocking amounts of time lost per day when users check personal emails, visit social networks, chat, play games, blog!, etc. Still, there are a lot of positive and beneficial elements to it all for business. I try very hard to downplay the negatives of social networking because I want to bring the positives to my internal network. I keep trying to make SharePoint our social network. It ain't easy folks. I feel like Rumpelstiltskin trying to spin gold out of straw but it's getting there.

Paisano

Re: 7. Virtual Worlds – Fiction or Reality?

Paisano® — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:10:41 -0000

OpenCroquet is the future of Virtual worlds online. www.opencroquet.org

Re: 5 Starter Moves- Should Blogging Go Next

Paisano® — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:46:12 -0000

I like this. Yes, blogging doesn't have to be the first step. I've found the wiki feature in the new SharePoint 2007 to be very effective in getting managers, departments and ultimately the suits (execs) to accept and embrace social media.
"That's it? Click edit?" Always brings a smile to my face. I then show them how we can use the blog to make annoucements like we did for current events on our intranet only this time much easier and quicker...and that means keeping everyone informed almost in realtime. Another smile.

I really liked the listening tips. The benefits are many. I will be doing that a lot. Thanks.

Pai

Re: Plaxo And Facebook Merger Rumors False (So Far)

Paisano® — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:18:13 -0000

Why do I keep seeing Scoble chuckling in the background? If this deal goes thru then Bobby "The Scraper" should get his palms greased by both parties for arranging the "blind date" heh heh. Talk about strange bedfellows!

Personally, I don't want to see this happen. I've been a Plaxo fan since day one. I would much prefer to see Google buy it and give gmail a real Pulse and contact management muscle.

Pai

Re: Macworld Expo Keynote Live On TechCrunch Tomorrow

Paisano® — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:58:22 -0000

Why did Microsoft insist on conducting their MicrosoftWorld conference at the same time as MacWorld 2008? They even "borrowed" MacWorld's slogan and tried to hide it by changing it slightly. They aren't fooling anyone! http://moourl.com/msworld

Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

Paisano® — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:55:06 -0000

@Chris
Thanks! High praise considering the source! You're like the Pied (or is it Pai'd) Piper of geeks!

Re: VooEasy is Twitter + Meebo + Pownce; 3,500 Invites for Mashable Readers

Paisano® — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:17:29 -0000

I'd like an invite pleez

Re: Build your own Online Databases for FREE!

Paisano® — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:51:12 -0000

@Karim
lol...ok...fair enough... http://blogs.zoho.com/creat...

Re: If I Only Read One Blog

Paisano® — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:54:37 -0000

I am all about less is more and quality over quantity. If I had to choose ONE then I'd want something that covered the latest news about social media/networking and startups like mashable.com or techcrunch.com but thank goodness we never have to make such a horrible decision! Oh and I gotta have my cup of chrisbrogan.com!